Cardaillac

On the line between the green farmland of the Limargue and the poorer Ségala, country of rye and chestnuts, Cardaillac takes its name from a knight given these lands by Pepin the Short. A stronghold went up on its rocky promontory from 1064, and Richard the Lionheart attacked it in 1188. Three 13th-century towers survive from the fortress.

Highlights

• The square 13th-century Tour de Sagnes
• The Tour de l'Horloge, another 13th-century square tower
• The rocky promontory of the old stronghold, begun in 1064
• Chestnut country of the Ségala on the village's doorstep

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.